Epinions Recent Reviews for thepanther

Microsoft SideWinder Pro (C18-00002) Game Pad: MS Sidewinder FreeStyle Pro

Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:00:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - The SideWinder FreeStyle Pro is the latest in the line of Game pad from Microsoft. The main difference with this release is the ability to control the pad without using the D-Pad. There is a sensor in the pad that detects which way it is tilting. This...

Half-Life For Windows, Mac: Better than Half-Life itself?

Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:37:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - Counter-Strike is one of the biggest multi-player internet games ever, and it’s free. Servers for this game are constantly full and here in the UK we have about 7500 servers running through WON (World Opponent Network) alone. So what makes this game so...

The best way to Overclock the Geforce 2 (rewrite)

Thu, 22 Feb 2001 18:41:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - The Geforce 2 is a monster of a card and the FPS will be matched by no other at the moment. It is however currently wasting some of its capability.

The memory bandwidth is not enough to cope with the top speed of the card. This means that the...

WinAmp: MP3 for Nothing, its all Free

Wed, 3 Jan 2001 05:17:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - You certainly can’t go wrong for free and with Winamp you can do very well for free. Winamp is one of the premier MP3 players for the PC, it has everything you could want out of such a small program. There are 3 download options for you to consider the...

My personal choice

Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:37:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - Adaptec's CD creator was the program that came with my Philips CD re-writer, however I have tried many of the other favorite writing programs such as Nero Burning ROM and CDRWin, but I still favour the Adaptec version.

My main reason for...

Microsoft Sidewinder Game Voice: The Idea is there, but it needs time

Mon, 1 Jan 2001 07:49:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - The Microsoft Game Voice certainly has potential. If you are looking for that extra edge in a game by being able to communicate with some of you friends while online gaming. Voice communication is far quicker then the text solution with the added bonus...

A Must have utility

Tue, 26 Dec 2000 14:35:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - If you use the internet a lot and have to update certain games etc or anything else for that matter, you are likely to come across the Zip format. Zip files are compressed files all put together in one tidy package. The Zip file is one of the most if not...

Creative Labs Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2: TNT 2 or M64

Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:26:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - The TNT range was always pitted against the more popular voodoo range of cards all the way to the Voodoo 3. The TNT range provided an alternative and often the cheaper option for most people. Nvidia released this version of the card after the Ultra...

Takes FSB where no board has gone before

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:22:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - Abit continues to be the one and only when it comes to boards that can overclock today’s processors. The KT7 Raid is no exception, Abit’s famous soft menu III is included and has some pretty impressive features in order to get the most out of your CPU...

Little Brother but High performance

Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:23:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - The 32Mb version of ATi's high-end 3D graphics card is slightly slower than the 64Mb version both in memory speed and in clock speed, but not by much. I think this card is purposely slowed down in order to create a card for the next step down of graphics...

ICQ: Much more than an Instant messenger

Wed, 29 Nov 2000 20:39:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - ICQ was made for communication over the internet. It is an IM (instant messenger) you basically type a message and press send and the person who you selected to send it to will receive it. That basically is what an instant messenger is. However ICQ is...

Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX: Geforce 2 value edition

Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:00:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - We had the TNT then the TNT 2 then the TNT Ultra and TNT value card. Vida has used the same series again with its Geforce range. We had the Geforce and the Geforce 2 then game the value card the Geforce 2 MX, and the Ultra card has already been released...

Brush up on this

Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:03:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - Norton CleanSweep can be a very useful program if you use it properly. It will clear out all those un desired files from your hard drive that build up over the course of time. I do however advise caution when using this program. So far as to say never...

Symantec Norton Crash Guard (PC): Sorry? why is it here again?

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:56:46 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - I was actually quite surprised to see that most people wrote the same about this program as I was going to. But unfortunately it’s the truth about this program. It doesn’t work, plain and simple. I try not to make my opinions too short, and I will try...

Can we have some Order Please!!!

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:28:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - I would like to talk not only about Norton Disk doctor and its features, but also of what this program has over the windows version of Defrag. You would obviously expect that a program you have to pay for will have some or even a lot of advantages over...

Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 Ultra: Nvidia's answer to the memory bandwidth problem

Sat, 18 Nov 2000 08:14:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - Nvidia have taken the critics views of the GeForce 2 onboard, and all credit to them for doing so. In case you have not read my review on the Geforce 2, the problem was basically that the memory on the original geforce 2 cards was far to slow. Or to put...

JascSofware Paint Shop Pro 6: So Much in it for the price

Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:40:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - I don't buy many applications due to the sheer expense of them, but this one leaped out at just the right price. I have my own web site to look after and so some sort or art package is certainly required. While trying out all the shareware versions of...

Spedia: Great bar, but fussy about what your doing

Thu, 9 Nov 2000 07:26:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - It took me a while to get with spedia as I have been trying alot of pay to surf programs to see which ones I like the best. Spedia looks like one of the good ones, with a decent pay rate. it was $.49 when i signed up but it seems the rates have jumped as...

GetRight: Its time to get it right

Thu, 9 Nov 2000 07:08:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - GetRight it a God send of a program. I use it every time I can when downloading anything from the internet for a number or reasons. The main reason for most people including myself is the fact that you can resume downloads from where you left of if your...

CashWars: Get paid to steal cash

Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:15:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - Try Cashwars, A totally new way to make money while on the net. The idea of the game is to build yourself a stronghold and go out and steal other peoples money. For real. If you manage to break into their fort then you get a reward.

It takes...

Clickdough: no dough at clickdough

Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:41:23 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - Click dough looked good, like most of the other pay as you surf programs there was high hopes for earning a bit of money. And for a while those hopes held out, but no if you check there site at www.clickdough.com and even more specifically at

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Gator: Gator saves you time and money

Mon, 9 Oct 2000 05:28:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - Where did I put that password, Gator is where I put that password. gator stores all your passwords for every site you have. It remembers it the first time you enter it and keeps it. gator loads up every time that site comes back on your browser so you...

F.A.B Thunderbirds are GO!

Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:31:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - The Next Generation of the best power processor on the market is the AMD Athlon Thunderbird. Essentially the Thunderbird is an Athlon but it has some very important differences. Obviously the Thunderbird is faster than the Athlon but there are reasons...

I think we have the Celeron beater

Tue, 26 Sep 2000 06:42:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - The AMD Duron was aimed at the celeron, aimed to take away some of the chips market share. Although the chip has not been out long I think it will do some serious damage to Intels Celeron. Like the Celeron is built on the PIII's architecture, the Duron...

RealJukebox Basic: Good, but its just not Stable

Sat, 23 Sep 2000 12:10:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thepanther - For a free player Real Jukebox offered loads of features and it was very appealing to download. especially as it came with Real Player and Real Download.

It has the ability to Record at up to 96Kbps in the free version and up to 360kbps in...